Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-06
State o1emS.

Manchester is excited over allegations
of Il $1,000 shortage in the accounts of its
liquor agency.
The Vermont State Baptist Sunday
school convention will be held this sum
mer with the church in st. Adams. The
date is June l..
james Russell, formerly a blacksmith
in the employ of the Central Vermont
shop, has been appointed town liquor
agent at Rutland.
f. X. Davis, grocer, who began business
in Rutland last January, has filed an in
voluntary petition in Insolvency; assets.
$1,000. liabilities. $1,000.
Aunt Patty Richardson, one of the
surviving widows of revolutionary sol
diers, resides at East Bethel. Her hus-
band was at the battle of Bunker Hill and
served through the war.
Annie Walker, 10 years old, arrived at
CastletOn, Friday, having Travelled from
England alone. She had card sewed to
her dress on which was written the adj
dress of her mother, a widow at Casteton.
Young Gooding, the missing son of the
Winooski clergyman. has returned to his
home after an absence of nearly Il week.
His friends say that he wandered to Col
chester in a temporary alteration of
mind.
William Peters, % years of age. mar
bic worker at Centre Rutland, while re-
turning from work Wednesday was
startled by an approaching train and fell
from the high railroad bridge, striking
hi, head on pile of refuse marble be-
low. causing Il serious fracture of the
skull from which he died at 10 o'clock
that evening.
\ brakeman named Hall on the White
Mountain division of the Boston and
Lowell railroad was struck by IA ear in
the railroad yard at st Johnsbury Satur-
day night. and one set of trucks passed
over him cutting off his right arm and
mutilating his left hand. a brother brake
man saw the accident and jumping from
ear pulled Hall out before the other
wheels struck him.
Rev J. +. Rhodes of Barre is Mont
pelier's Memoral-day speaker, eX-Con-
gresham Joyce of Rntland goes to Yer
gennes. Judge Neazey of Rutland to
Townshend, District Attorney Haskins
of Brattleboro to st. Adams, George II.
Brown of Bellows Falls to Brattlebory,
Lieut-GOv l.. X. Fuller to Springfield,
Judge Hugh Henry of Chester to Burke.
eX-Speaker j. l.. Martin of Bennington
to Bernardston, Mass, and Rev j. A..
Steele to Putney, VT.
Photographer Robinson of Morrisville.
says an exchange, was called upon last
week Sunday to do a Job in his line not
altogether pleasant. 4 child living in
Hyde Park died on the previous Wednes-
day and was buried on Friday The friends
happened to think that they had no pho
tograph of the child, and wishing for
one. disinterred the remains on Sunday,
opened the casket in the cemetery and
there had the photographers camera
brought into use and II good picture made
of the resurrected dead.
Thomas II. Garfield of Burlington has
won his suit in the United States Supreme
court, the point at issue being the title to
the Minneapolis fair ground, now said to
be worth over S50O,O00. These grounds
he purchased in 1873, paying therefor
$4,000 in Northern Pacific railroad
bonds, at the time being valued at par
Litigation subsequently arose rs to the
title, the State of Minnesota courts decid-
ing against Mr.. Garfield. Six years age
Mr.. Garfield commenced proceedings in
tina |. 5. Circuit court, which terminated
in the |. ). Supreme court April 10, as
: ctiltii lll- IL Sdlii " iidNt Dttu Il N'l y
complicated case, fought out by Mr. Can
field single-handed and alone against q
powerful and wealthy syndicate.
, At the ninth annual session of the
grand lodge of Vermont of Knights OF
Honor, held at Putney last week, these
officers were chosen: \. A. Bailey OF
Rutland, grand dictator; j. ii. Head OF
F Bellows Falls, grand ice-dictator; O. II
, Reed of Barre, grand assistant dictator
\. l.. Pease of Hartford. grand treasurer
w. A. Briggs of Montpelier, grand re,
porter; c. l.. Piper of Brattleboro, grand
chaplain; j. Il. Moore of Rutland, grand
guide c. A. Wheaton of Barre, grand
; guardian; III. f. Taylor of Brattleboro
grand sentinel; J. +. Thompson of Rut
, land, state medical examiner. Very
. gratifying reports were made by the
grand officers and they showed that the
different lodges through the state are in
a flourishing condition. The representa-
tives elected to the supreme lodge were
o. b. Boyce of Barre and George II
: Crosby of st. Johnsbury. The CRANE
trustees elected are j. A. Noyes of st
! Johnsbury, o. III. Reed of Barre and \
j. Marshall of Middlebury. The mex
meeting will be held at Barre the fourtl
t Wednesday in April, 1883.